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FOREST AND STREAM. VIUAS Ol til! FF OF WIMM I.Ii Iii I i: vi UUB i?u;i r H.Y i *>N n; UMCl i i> m s\ ?>i Um RHrea Xncii iiiiiihmhihI ?Tic??, Haxe Kral I Herl on Water Volume \rcortlliig I? l.\|H>rt*. WashlnKton. March 1. Tin- public hearing bofoft IM U.>us. tommltteU on agrlcultui v Dl Uti We?>Us Mil, for the acquisition of for?1 lands at the headwaters e.aviuable Mrcama (Ap palnchln-White mountain project), hehl bint We.In. SiftJTi reunited in two Intern'Inw sessionji I .More a full at? tend we,? of th.- committee. Tn< hear? ing STsU up.l. ;? the tftUfge of pre tentative CtMTetf, tf KtU Hampuhlre end Representative Weeks, of Massa? chusetts, the author .?f th. We?>ks hill, then mil r consideration, and brought out several interesting and impor? tant matters during the discussion ?f the ?\peri witnesses In attendance <;??? i 4.- V Swain, pr.o, sm.r of civil engineering ?n Harvard l'niv? rsity. L C. Klenn. geologist at Vanderhill University, and Kllhert ltoth. at the head Of th. boest MfeOOl at the I'nl ?erslty of Michigan, speaking r.spec tlveiy from their viewpoints of civil engineer, geologist and forester. were unanimous in agreeing In the view that Um jereeti Influenced the dour and navign'd'ity of streams. Peculiar Interest was given to thin ?lew. coming fi ?m such distinguished scientist*, representing n?>t only differ? ent imrts of the ITftlttd Stiles, but different UesaeOt Of the c?m plcx sub? ject involved, in \l. w of Um faet that these views ar. diametrically opposed lo a recent report made to the com? mittee and widely heralded by its au? thor. Prof. Willis L Moore, (hie! of tho weather bureau. Mr. Mo >i s contentions i -let'ly sum? me?! uti. It QUOtS his own words, are that ' forests should he pres. rved for themselves alone or r ot at all." what? ever that may mean, and that "the run-off of our rivers Is not materially aff*et.'d i y an\ otljer fact?>r than the precipitation." I'rof. Swain e:. ltd attention to the fact that Mr. Moore's contentions on ralnfal: are contrary to conclusions srrlved at by any meteorologists and foresters, but even If correct It had no relation tu the question nt hand: that his conclusions regarding run-oft were ridiculous, since everybody kmc*a that the slope of the ground, the character of s?d!s or rocks and regetatl ?n art ets the Mow from the surface. It clearly thowed that the authorities tjsMttd by I'rof. Moor??, when fully quoted, agreed even as far ( back as I?55 anil IS?7, wlnn their papers quoted by Prof. Moore ware wrltt. a. ?hat the pn.t ttlOl ?f the for? ests on the mountains and slop, s which were unsulted for cultivation was of the greatest importance in the mt. r t .;' ti.tv igatlon. Prof. Chun's Maeatatonjf MM given fn?m in Intimate and aere> ? know* led? 4 iIiomI h\ ioiir year's field study' ef Southern problem* in the Appala- j ehlan*. and his cn-luslons v. an bat) ' i t oa th?- theoretical data ' but in i ta il Atld findings. Mt allow*] ?*il ? f - ? ?? .-?..?on is having rileaa* trou^ 7*, that deforeetation, Prof. XIo r to the contrary n i Ith-' Standi . . d> es ?> ase the . re?j enc* and night of floods by eroding Bleep j slop* . anil therefore furnishing the water More rapidly to i*?? sir imaJ and . the f m tlno* tilling the! ttrea.i with Kind and maklni ''.um tt-ss cnrmble "f carrying ti? ? - Hood wat?-?; awn; it was clearly pointed| out ' h jo that Instead -i epeated dffedg ?v of streams t?? rem >?>.? grui ! deposit* th- M, r po|| y WOttld la? to pre en! I!??? gf iv l ?: a . tu. rli I the i? . .mx bj leteplng th ste p clenriy shown chat much land had1 been ruln< ?? in Um Sooth, thai i on* eMftsett . .pi lly ig x. a.-..' and : . . tl ?? pi >| I Ihf ? ighoal the ?b-.? ?:? h were ? ? erl| di manding Buro|e >,, forest practice, showing not only ? i*?'? iranl i emenl ipon the ash?. ? ? ereof prottotl ui. ??'t such - n net nt Is ret iltlng m ? ne t mej 11?%m am: m carrying ih< m out. i i sli the Kuropean countries, reuniting in making aim at all of the mountain for. sta pi ileethre fores areas, be cans.' ??f the inport mt inil lence whi? h inch forests exert upon the dletrlhtt tion sji ?.. a-1 ms| stream Bow. Pro . i' 'i i ? ? shov ed that the bjeMtoi - i. Med m itatun ttr ?? a llsh. d. la pro?, ti.p. m a tnan 19 pef ttjftt ol 'II the mountain ner? i in I api . ' whlat and that it.-- fulh H ueefulmss f >v th? -.- purposet luhl i?e and tri In con trad lei i ???i of the '? itaftM) thnt thai forest Impmvemenl i pr??t. < ti'-n would re<|ulre tnormou tlpendltnri ? running into hundrc 1 of mfllleen ol dollars, prof, u >th showd that tios., lands ones purch ii*? ?I, c??ul'l be prof ete.i an I main* tained for all time M a telf?tuetaln lug proposition, and thin tin- eipendl-1 tuvo of money on the pant of the peo? ple bee.mi,' actually | profitable in? vestment, as is the cas?> in Buropc An saraeol presentation of New England's concern in this mailer was made by Representative Peters, of Massaehueetta Mr< Q, Qrosvenor Daws, manaaini director of the South? ern Commercial Congress, spoke elo qaentty mem the concern <*11 < 1 inter? est of the south In the constructive legislation which thai project preeent e.i, and Mr. Werks oloeed the hearing i?y an ippeal for sui'h action on the part oi the committee as WOUld 1*0" suit in brlnglni tin matter before the House for a vote, maklni Ihs strong point that the legislation pro poaed ha?l alread) passed the House at the laat session, and was not( there? fore, u- w legislation that should be bottled up through non-action of the agricultural committee, end for the further reason thai the whole country w is Imperatively demandlni action and it there! >re should have an op? portunity for a full discussion bj the entire meml rshlp of the House. II is felt that the project has been materially hetp< d oy this hearing, and i*- edvo< itea are greatly encouraged in the I?. |i< f that the evident wisdom -and sanity of forest conservation for these m aintain slopes win so impress themselves upon the agricultural com* mit tee that a favoral Is r port will re? sult in time P?r enactment Into lav u the present session or Congress, it Is believed that ? clear majority In Its favor exists in Congress, and that ;t will.ma! Itself SVldt at When the mat? ter Is brought up before the House through th oomrotttee's report. Tue be uana developed so unani? mous ? disagreement with the views held hy Mr. M ?ore as an adviser i" the committee in the matter of for st ami itri am iiow. that the oommittes had decided t> gr?.it Mr. Moore a hearing tomorrow st which time he will be given a chance to uphold his \ l' ws. senator \hliu h Is An 1 Vonomi/.er. Tin suggestion ol reform in the business methods of the Federal Gov srnraenl made i>> The sun in a series of articles a year ago attracted at the time much attention in high o:h cial quarters, and Is now fruiting in a bill before tin- Senate for the aboli? tion of obsolete practices w inch cause loss and wa^te. Senator Aldrlch? of all nu n:- -advocates the bill as ? m. saure of economy, affirming that pTSSjsnt method! cause an annual loss of $inn.um ,noo. He a i is Incidentally that be would undertake to run the Government of the United State* for fSno.mm.ono a year hss than H UOW soots. Buch is the waste due to mal? administration, duplication of rork In the vari -us departments and down? right extravagance, Formerly one Committee of the House brought all appropriation! within it- ken. and ?aw to it thai outgo bore some re? lation t ? :nc ?me; but Other committees w ished t. have "a ting? r In the pie/' and the possibility of effective super? vision Of all expenditure was at an end. Sena' >r AblrVh proposes 10 < reale a commission of ten members, i? n? - from seen house, to reform bus! iess methods, His proposal was criti? cised ns "a blanket dleparagement ofj the government" and as likely to cost heavily, "We have t o many commissions already," aald Senator Dolliver. The fact th.it the wasie Is ' , irmons a as not, however, denied In any i uarter, The pub i< payi too mi h 'or tl t services It Ii getting m t).- Government, if Senator Ahlrleh can ,%eav* $300,000,000, of i v. u $ii i.ooo, he should be "it the hen I of the commission and be al? low* I to ' ? It, When in has effected this as I] n he will, we may hope b> in ? ? m It' 11 ti red ties i'? i inr 1 It ind other I xes i -i to mention the pen? s' i Paltltnoii Sun, ?;' hop* i ul experiment by The gun n< on, ills ? v r< d ai the atlnosplierei i> epe? sutehed for II i chemical 11 d. Norman Collie has ?i a remarkable physical u. ? '"et ? ury .n n* on i I low pr sun ?.ues strongly lumlnoua oi > Ing shak? n. Repenting the ihak* Ii s al Intervals during two or thre< h iura, the light diminish* and th? I eluirge through the tube restores th< n Igtnul luminosity. Real ?ring t . at 11 ist phi temperature after ?n? ? I \ I ? i - been hen tod In * ". 11 I > ? ; hrenh it, while the other end i ded ,u liquid air, the tube gl -v. ;.i ., 11 Hi i ? brightly than before Ii the pari ?h it had bei n beated, ln i ttibu of ! u led utiarts Insti i i of sine It tie Int? ' sltj lamp 'm Ing ' u of the amount to ma ke up lh< ire' nfl no if Ihlc (. \l, \ l> \Y ON AI'KIL 11! Manx Vnvtll Ofllcltllti To See Battle? ship Feto. Washington, Fen, 28,?April 12 will be a red-letter day in the history of Charleston ami of South Carolina. On that day tin entire membership of the house and senate committees on naval affairs, tin- secretary of the j navy and all of the bureau chiefs, who can leave Washington, will wit-1 i >m the presentation of South Caro-| Una's sllvi r service gift to tin- magnt- j in , nt new battb ship b >arlng that name. i T i's announcement w as ma le here i today, after Mayor Rhett, B. w. Dur snt, Ii. s. Whaley, .Norwood Hastte, Daniel Slnkler and a. w. Anderson, ?i tin- Atlantic Coast Lim- railroad, reached Washington and lu l l a con? ference with the naval officials, The South Carollneans got here early 'his morning on Mr. Anderson's private car. bringing them with Maj? or J. C. Hemphlll, w hom they will present to the city of Richmond to-j morrow as tin. future guiding genius ? i the Richmond Times-Despatch. They got here on time, because An- j derson, the railroad man. was with: them and ki pt things in good run? ning order, acting in the capacity of general chaperon and manager. At the Now iVIllard Hotel they have had things thetsjown way sinn? their, arrival, and U did not take the elerks nnd uuests around the lobby long to notice that something out of the ordinary had happened when Maj? or Hemphell and his friends announc? ed themselves, Little lime was los1 in Informing the secretary of the navy that they had come. At the navy department an Informal confer ? n< e w as held, the result of which has already been stated. In addition to this it Is more than probable that ord< rs will at once be Issued for two or three of the country's blggcpt battleships to be In tin* harbor at Charleston when th< South Carolina shows the thick black smoke from her funnels far outatde the bar, That will make a splendid fete and one of which Charleston and South Carolina will doubtlesi always be proud. Not only will the navy people be tb. re, but many oth< r officials In high public life have also been invit? ed to attend, TlldUl \\ Wild. NOT RESIGN. son Declares Reports Arc Premature. Greenwood, s c. March 1.? For] Lhe past few days the dally papers have cuntt Ined dlapatches to the effect that Senator n. R. Tlllman would i? "ijtn. This has been the subject of much talk, i nd when the representative of Tin* Chronicle approached his son. H. C Tlllman, w ho lives here, he said. "The talk in regard to" my fathi r resigning ids place in the ITnited States senate is premature; ho hasn't considered the matter at an and edi not. until his health allows him i" give the matter thought." He continued by saying that his improve mud had been marked and fur be y n d exp< tatlone. -,. . . I lb" vn ivs brought to our eyes In naturi are lighted by n mixture of many kinds of rays, together known im \ hlte light, and b> showing how f me ol |ecl appear under tin- Ilium ? i >1 ;i single l i'd of rays??such I ? >? the Infra-red or ultraviolet??Prof, j H W W.I. ,: .1..!,,, H..?kln. UM . rally, has opened now field to our Isloii I; is tin Invisible ultraviolet i: >relleeted to us that have revealed mi thing >a tin- moon not bitlierl ? Sc 'i rays aff< ct . i!"- phot > ?. phli plate, and pictures of the ni were taken through a thickly ?i i qunrts lens, w hieb lilten d I I ? ? 1 th visible rays, permitting only i i i I.;- id. ulti i. lolet to renc Ii th< J plate, Similar photographs ware tak- j thr< ugh a yellow sen i n. The ul? ti i\lolet ph i ires ha> the bright era ? ? i bat thej also bring ? at a three i|mm1 black dep sH near Arlstarchus ! ms a' i*er to iv \o been made n ? ptlblc bj visible light. To get ;d' a of ?in chant ir > :* ihls dp '.-it. it il idj is bi ina made of the ultrn ? far has convlhc d n i.I t ii is not all n big i ?ke thai , l :? oh I; mist i explain satlsfacl irtly tl ? ih r usor that the d >g's ears lop I ? i. . ? ? . i r . ? iturtes the animals ! n d nn a l< ate l by man and II oi of his bill nnd lire, The dog's i nn said to have originally stood ? VV'e are told thai blasts from a j i mi'? horn knoeki it dow n th waits of j ji rl m bo nnd w ? ha> e seen a blast from ? i m's horn knock down a man. Tliere Are Fem Good Orators Thsc l>ay*. During the past one hundred :111<i fifty yean there have be< n many great in? it in this country whose leader? ship and whose influence upon the affairs of their time have been largely due to their skill In th< use of the sp >ken word?to their oratortc il ability. Patrick Henry, James Otis, Hamilton, clay. Calhoun. and Web? ster are some of tin mighty orators whose fame has come down t<> us In written record; then, through Rufus Choate, Edward Everett. Wendell Phillips, Henr> Ward Beeeher, and Phillips Brooks the great oratorical 11;i lltlon decends almost t>> oar day. With Beeeher. whom Dr. Lyman Ab? bot! rat's a-- the best-equipped orator to whom living cars has listened, and with Brooks, the embodiment ? t all that is host in pulpit eloquence, th line st ems to have conti to an end. Today there It one man who can lay just claim to tliis rich inheritanci William Jennings Bryan. However widely we may dissent from Mr. l ryan't political views, there can he but one opinion as to his truly extra? ordinary gifts and achievem nta as a public speaker. Can one Imagine a more thrilling! and exhilarating ph asure than that of swaying with one's words a listening host of people, warming or cooling their passions, hemline their thoughts an<j wills In the direction of one's own thoughts and will, even as Bryan did at the Chicago Convention In 1896? This power lias wrought mightily for both good and evil, and it is astonishing that nowadays so few speakers should train themselves to wield skilfully such an effective weapon, Every lawyer every preach? er, every politician, every man. In fact, who has occasions to address audiences, ought to study the tech? nique of oratory to that he can at will, within his own sphere and limi? tations. Interest and persuade his hearers. ?March Scrtbner. Radium and other rays having1 been found to affect the color Of such stones at the amethyst and the beryl Paul Bacredote has tested the action of various rays upon the diamond, which has a simpler chemical consti? tution, and varies greatly in value with slight color changes. The speci? mens tried were from different sources, gome being colorless and oth? ers, slightly yellowish. Each diamond was tubmitted In turn to the action Ca the X-rays, while outside the tube ro that of the cathode rays when placed within the tube, and finally to the action of heat. For the last ex? periment on electrically heatd muffle was used, with a themometer thowlng the temperature up to 300 degree Centigrade. The X-rays seemed to have no noticeable effect, but the ca thode rays changed, the white or light yellow to light brown, which prolong? ed action gradually de< pened to dark brown. The artificial coloring thus given seemt to be permanent, as the diamond lately .shown the Paris Acad? emy had be n kept without altera? tion for a year, at time in the light ami even In strong sunlight. Heat of 300 degrees to 100 degree Centigrade had a decoloring effect bringing back; artificially colored diamonds to their o r I gl na I co 1 or1 e tt net t. Known as the builder of churchet a ad dean of the priest-- of th< dlo eeai of Trenton, the Rev. John J. Schandel d'c.j a! his home at North ! lalntleld, X. J. He is eighty-three years old, and .mil a few we Us ago was In full possession of all his facul? ties. His death was due to old age. Thirty thousand separate volumes manuscript and documents, dating back 1,000 .'.ears' or more, constitute t he rich booty which M. Paul P< lliot. an enti rprising young French explorer, has brought back from JCorth western China and Chinese Turkestan, after two y ars and a hall ol travel. M. ? dlstlngul bed h!ms< il before on a rising at ia rkin, for which he was de co ated with the Legion u1 I lonor at . nta Fe trains on th<- Colorado di? vision will within a month be operated by telephone Instead of by telegraph. Linemen are now stringing the wires between Colorado Spr'ngs and Denver, that portion be! ween i. ? .1 unta to i leb d. It Is understood that the road will v. pia. e the telegraph throughout Its system. Train dispatchers be are aha- idy ising the telephone. Convict No. Crerles W. Wai rlner, c?un icted embezzling treas? urer of the Big Four Railroad, hat Ohio Htati p nitentinry. He has b< en given the < aslest Job In th< prl on, thai ol the ? I rk in t' - tllce ot the If an ( spldltlon i- i ..'in:: to dlscovi r tl . South Pole, h t's havi the polar oi,. picketed to provide against such a contlngencj as another Cook episode. Louisville Courier Journal. femora pro 1*1*' <~ Ip^ Ep? es* . BE ? c; t & 0 5fcfc.fi ?es? * "Eft sc JO.2 3 ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT. 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